TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and December 2025, and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance STATE change change* change change* Total U.S. -0.1 0.2 -155 342 Alabama -0.1 0.6 -2 12 Alaska -0.1 0.9 0 3 Arizona -0.1 0.6 -5 18 Arkansas 0.0 0.7 1 9 California -0.2 0.4 -28 63 Colorado 0.1 0.6 1 18 Connecticut 0.1 0.6 2 10 Delaware -0.2 0.8 -2 4 District of Columbia 0.4 0.8 2 6 Florida 0.0 0.5 -1 46 Georgia -0.2 0.5 -11 25 Hawaii -0.3 0.9 -3 5 Idaho 14.3 0.7 YES 127 6 YES Illinois 0.5 0.5 27 28 Indiana 1.6 0.5 YES 50 17 YES Iowa 0.1 0.5 2 9 Kansas 0.7 0.6 YES 10 8 YES Kentucky 0.0 0.6 -2 12 Louisiana 0.2 0.6 4 12 Maine 0.0 0.8 0 5 Maryland -0.4 0.6 -15 17 Massachusetts -0.3 0.5 -10 19 Michigan 0.5 0.5 22 22 Minnesota 0.3 0.5 10 16 Mississippi 0.3 0.6 4 8 Missouri 0.3 0.5 10 16 Montana -0.3 0.9 -1 5 Nebraska 0.3 0.7 4 7 Nevada -0.4 0.8 -5 12 New Hampshire 0.0 0.8 0 5 New Jersey -1.1 0.5 YES -47 22 YES New Mexico -0.7 0.7 -5 6 New York 0.4 0.4 47 36 YES North Carolina 0.0 0.5 -1 27 North Dakota 0.4 0.7 1 3 Ohio -0.2 0.4 -10 25 Oklahoma 0.1 0.6 1 10 Oregon -0.1 0.6 -3 12 Pennsylvania 0.2 0.4 11 26 Rhode Island -1.5 0.9 YES -8 4 YES South Carolina -0.2 0.6 -3 14 South Dakota 1.2 0.8 YES 5 4 YES Tennessee 0.0 0.6 0 20 Texas -0.1 0.4 -6 53 Utah 0.0 0.6 1 11 Vermont 0.1 0.8 1 3 Virginia 0.3 0.6 16 24 Washington -0.2 0.5 -8 19 West Virginia -0.1 0.7 -1 5 Wisconsin 0.9 0.5 YES 26 16 YES Wyoming -0.4 0.9 -1 3